1905 in archaeology

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The year 1905 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

• Theodore M. Davis officially granted exclusive concession to excavate in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt.^[1]

Excavations

• Major project of excavation and restoration at Teotihuacan begun under archeologist Leopoldo Batres.
• First excavations at Deir al-Madinah by Ernesto Schiaparelli.
• First scientific survey at Great Zimbabwe begun by David Randall-MacIver.
• George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, first excavates in Egypt.

Publications

• G. Baldwin Brown publishes The Care of Ancient Monuments: an account of the legislative and other measures adopted in European countries...
• Francis J. Haverfield publishes "The Romanization of Roman Britain" in Proceedings of the British Academy.
• J.R. Mortimer and Robert Mortimer publish their Forty Years Researches in British and Saxon Burial Mounds of East Yorkshire.
• Thomas Gann publishes first descriptions of Maya site of Lubaantun.

Finds

• Naranjo discovered by Teoberto Maler.
• Caral, the oldest Andean city, discovered.
• Winter 1904–5 - Lion Capital of Asoka, dated to about 250 BCE, discovered at Sarnath by F.O. Oertel.
• Approximate date - Principia of the Roman fort at Bremetennacum (Ribchester), Lancashire, England, discovered by men working for Miss Greenall.

Miscellaneous

• Arthur Weigall appointed to replace Howard Carter as Chief Inspector of Antiquities for Upper Egypt.

Births

• January 26 - Olga Tufnell, English archaeologist of the Near East (died 1985).
• October 31 - W. F. Grimes, Welsh archaeologist (died 1988).

References

1. Reeves, C.N. (1990). Valley of the Kings: the decline of a royal necropolis. London: Kegan Paul. ISBN 0-7103-0368-8.